Case: Read the passage and answer the following questions Protein structure is the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in an amino acid-chain molecule. Proteins are polymers – specifically polypeptides – formed from sequences of amino acids, the monomers of the polymer. A single amino acid monomer may also be called a residue indicating a repeating unit of a polymer. A monopeptide has one amino acid. A dipeptide has two amino acids. A tripeptide has three amino acids. A tetrapeptide has four amino acids. The complete structure of a protein can be described at four different levels of complexity: primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure. |
On what basis are fibrous and globular proteins classified? |
Primary structure Secondary structure Tertiary structure Quaternary structure |
Tertiary structure |
Tertiary structure represents the overall folding of the polypeptide chains or the further folding of secondary structures. It gives rise to two major molecular shapes, i.e., fibrous and globular. |